Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory – Episode 1

Calling all Louis Sauzedde super fans, boat builders, tinkerers, hobbyists, sailors, rowers, woodworkers and dreamers! Season 2, Episode 1 of Louis Sauzedde’s new series, Building the TotalBoat Sport Dory, is here, to once again grace your inbox every Friday. This time though, the Tips from a Shipwright star of the TotalBoat Skiff build video series, is sourcing Atlantic White Cedar planks that will be built onto frames and bent into the most perfect little Dory that can be rowed or sailed or even accept a small motor one day. We know you’re ready for more of Lou and his expert advice and clever tips and we can’t wait to hear to what you think about this latest series and episode 1.

As a fan would expect from Lou, he won’t be lofting big plans to work from; his simple drawing will guide him through the build and leave some of the magic of building a sweet little boat of his own design to his quick thinking. Lou loves the chance to work with the materials and make changes or tweaks in the moment – so expect the unexpected, once again. It’s why we love Lou.

So, welcome back to Season 2. We hope the enthusiasm and banter in the comments will continue. We hope you’ll be inspired to start something new in your own workshop or finish something old. Share this series on your social media pages and let us know what projects you’re working on and what questions you may have for Lou. We forward them on to and delight in reading about what you think.

great opening – love your video guy’s masterful use of a drone – nice closeups and a great balance of big views and detail views. Which of course is also seen and heard in this whole video – big picture little picture, a described vision of the complete dory and a little tiny vision of a detail that is one step in the way.
Nicely done from start to finish.
Jeff
PS – the audio is superb! Too many producers of work like this neglect the importance of a sound bed that is engaging to listen to!

welcome back lou, I’m not a boat builder just a average carpenter but i love your show great teacher i would watch you even if you were making ice cream mayby after watching you enough i might try to build a small boat someday who knows love your show keep up the good work and thank you

I cannot wait to build this boat. Finding that kind of wood in Missouri will be a challenge though. Lou, I can’t believe that your little Transit Connect can tow that much weight. I might have to rethink getting one of those

I am building a dory and I am almost finished, I have been concerned about the rudder on the transom. I like your idea about using an oar instead of a traditional rudder. I don’t think I wait four months for you get to this idea in your videos, as I would like to have my boat in the water in two months. Could you email me some information on how this works. I promise that I will still watch your videos.

Thanks Lou,
I’ll admit that I am novice when it comes to taking a log to the mill and extracting the correctly cut planks for a particular purpose. Will these planks be immediately usable or do they need curing/drying time before machining? How do you determine when the planks become usable?

Like the way Lew was doing the drafting of the lines of the dory the old way, by “pushing lead”, not using a computer and a CAD program. This fits in with the way he builds boats, using the traditional methods (well his way).

Thoroughly enjoyed watching that cedar be sawed. Great that you have the relationship with the mill and could be there. I built a cedar strip boat last year, a wider canoe with a 20″ transom for a motor.

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